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The Life Scientific

Each week, Jim al-Khalili invites a leading scientist to tell us about their life and work. He'll talk to Nobel laureates as well as the next generation of beautiful minds to find out what inspires and motivates them and what their discoveries might do for ...

Each week, Jim al-Khalili invites a leading scientist to tell us about their life and work. He'll talk to Nobel laureates as well as the next generation of beautiful minds to find out what inspires and motivates them and what their discoveries might do for us.

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    Geoff Palmer

    Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling ...

    Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer.

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    EO Wilson

    Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, ...

    Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution.

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    Niamh Nic Daeid

    Forensic chemist Niamh Nic Daeid talks about investigating fires and ...

    Forensic chemist Niamh Nic Daeid talks about investigating fires and analysing legal highs

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    Carlos Frenk

    Carlos Frenk talks to Jim Al-Khalili about dark matter and ...

    Carlos Frenk talks to Jim Al-Khalili about dark matter and modelling the cosmos.

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    Dorothy Bishop

    Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks ...

    Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks about her life's work.

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    Henry Marsh

    Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks to Jim Al-Khalili about slicing through ...

    Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks to Jim Al-Khalili about slicing through our thoughts.

    Jun 30, 2015 Read more
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    Kate Jones

    From bats to biodiversity, ecologist Kate Jones discusses her Life ...

    From bats to biodiversity, ecologist Kate Jones discusses her Life Scientific.

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    Anil Seth

    Anil Seth discusses the hard problem of understanding consciousness with ...

    Anil Seth discusses the hard problem of understanding consciousness with Jim Al-Khalili.

    Jun 16, 2015 Read more
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    Susan Jebb

    Obesity expert Susan Jebb talks to Jim al-Khalili about the ...

    Obesity expert Susan Jebb talks to Jim al-Khalili about the science of what we eat.

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    Nigel Shadbolt

    Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data ...

    Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data with Jim Al-Khalili.

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